Buyouts Offered To Toyota Supplier Workers

Toyota Auto Body, APMM's parent company, announced in mid-2007 that it was looking for a location in north Mississippi.

At its its groundbreaking in December 2007, officials talked about a $200 million investment and a plant that would employ 400.

There, officials said it was going to invest $200 million and employ 400 at the plant.

"They still intend to do that, as well as have it serve as Toyota Auto Body's North American headquarters," said David Rumbarger, CEO of the Community Development Foundation in Tupelo.

Toyota Auto Body, based in Kariya-city, Japan, is 56 percent owned by Toyota Motor Corp. The company makes minivans, SUVs, trucks and other vehicles, including the Prius, for Toyota.

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Information from: Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, http://www.djournal.com